WWE Events affected by COVID-19 pandemic

Last Modified Apr 30, 2020 12:14 GMT

Due to the ongoing 2019-2020 COVID-19 pandemic, a number of upcoming WWE events have been either canceled or postponed. Some events have also been relocated to WWE's Performance Center in Orlando, Florida where they will take place behind closed doors without any live audience so that no one can contact the disease.

The three flagship shows of WWE, i.e. RAW, NXT and SmackDown including 205 Live are also currently taking place inside the Performance Center with no live audience.

  1. List of events postponed by WWE due to COVID-19 pandemic
  2. List of events rescheduled by WWE due to the coronavirus 2019-2020 pandemic
  3. List of events canceled by WWE due to the coronavirus 2019-2020 pandemic
  4. Effect of covid-19 on SmackDown and Raw 

List of events postponed by WWE due to COVID-19 pandemic

The seriousness of the disease has put all of the world to a standstill which includes all global sports. People have been advised by medical professionals to stay indoors and keep themselves quarantined so that they do not contract the disease.

This also applies to WWE's innumerable personnel that includes Superstars, ring announcers, commentators, backstage crew and many more involved with the profession. As a result, some of the upcoming WWE events and pay-per-views have been postponed by WWE to a later date. Given below is a table of all postponed WWE events till now.

Serial No.Name of eventStatus
1NXT TakeOver: Tampa BayWWE NXT's flagship PPV event was supposed to emanate from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL on April 4 but the event was postponed with all its scheduled matches have been now rescheduled to take place across multiple episodes of NXT starting April 1.
2WWE Hall of Fame 2020The 2020 edition of the Hall of Fame ceremony was supposed to take place at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL but the event has been postponed due to the pandemic.

List of events rescheduled by WWE due to the coronavirus 2019-2020 pandemic

Some WWE events were also rescheduled to a different venue due to the coronavirus pandemic. Because of the contagious nature of the disease, the events will take place in empty stadiums with no live audience so that there will be no risk of spreading the disease. Given below is a list of the rescheduled events.

Serial No.Name of eventStatus
1WrestleMania 36WWE's biggest PPV event was originally supposed to take place at the Raymond James Staium in Tampa, Florida on April 5 but due to the pandemic it has been relocated to the company's Performance Center in Orlando, FL. The event will take place without no live spectators and for the first time ever will occur for two nights, i.e. April 4 and April 5.

List of events canceled by WWE due to the coronavirus 2019-2020 pandemic

As of this writing, no such events have been canceled by WWE but with the situation getting more serious by each passing day, some future events that are supposed to occur in the coming months may get canceled by the company.

Serial No.Name of eventStatus
1Money in the BankMoney in the Bank, was expected to be held in Baltimore's Royal Farms Arena in May, but was cancelled by the arena on 9 April. WWE had already promoted Money in the Bank during WrestleMania, with no reference to a host venue.

Effect of covid-19 on SmackDown and Raw

WWE began to move the broadcasts of SmackDown and Raw to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, beginning with SmackDown on 13 March, with no audience and only essential staff in attendance. WWE announced that it would return to a live format on 12 April, with Raw and SmackDown from the Performance Center as before, and WWE NXT from its existing studio at Full Sail University in Winter Park.

*updated March 31, 2020

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